David Betz is Professor of War in the Modern World and Deputy Head of the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. He has written extensively on insurgency and counterinsurgency, irregular warfare, revolution, state and non-state propaganda, and information warfare. His most recent book Carnage and Connectivity: Landmarks in the Decline of... Conventional Military Power analyses the wide impact of information technology on war and warfare.More

What is the most apt cultural metaphor with which we can interpret the behaviour of the political classes over Brexit? Reflecting on the parliamentary theatrics of recent weeks, perhaps it is the slapstick bungling of the Carry On films that recommends itself: Theresa May played by Barbara Windsor; Kenneth Williams as Jeremy Corbyn; Sid James as Mi...

What do you get when you have a Conservative party that doesn't conserve, a Labour party that doesn't represent the interests of the working class, and a Liberal Democrat Party that is neither liberal nor democratic? The answer is, a pretty accurate description of the current British political landscape. Here are different kinds of political ice cr...